1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to environmental protection; appropriating money for the Byllesby Dam.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. BYLLESBY DAM.
 1.5 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $9,000,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2021 from the 
1.6 	renewable development account to the commissioner of natural resources for a grant to 
1.7 	Dakota County under Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, to design and construct capital 
1.8 	improvements to the hydroelectric generating facility, including replacement of obsolete 
1.9 	turbines, at the Byllesby Dam, located on the Cannon River. This is a onetime appropriation 
1.10 	and is available until the project is completed. In the event that this project is funded through 
1.11 	other legislation in the 2020 legislative session, this appropriation is canceled.

1.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.